“Most tend to question the things that they don't or aren't allowed to see, rather than what's right in front of their unseeing eyes.”

—Kreia, explaining that sometimes things are best hidden in the open.^[src]

The Centrality was a faction in the eastern Outer Rim Territories. Originally a buffer state, it evolved into a dependency of the Galactic Republic before achieving independence in 22 BBY, during the Clone Wars. After the conflict was resolved, the Galactic Empire that succeeded the Republic maintained good relations with it, funding its fleet and army of hundreds of warships and twenty million soldiers. However, the Empire's fragmentation in 4 ABY brought about economic depression and subsequent demilitarization. This, combined with the interest in the region's mineral wealth, saved the Centrality from collapse but made it dependent on foreign corporations. During Vilos Cohaagen's ministering, the government took steps to nationalize key companies and reduce the state's economic vulnerability. The period also saw the revitalized army seize the two independent sectors spinward of the Centrality, though the colonization ended in 30 ABY and the government would focus on economic reforms in the following period.

Initially being a democracy, the Centrality's devolution in the post-Endor recession expanded the power of the government, and by Cohaagen's time, slave labor and military repercussions were common. Following the minister's assassination in 25 ABY, the authority of the state was reduced, as the leaders feared that continuing the old standard would trigger a New Republic intervention. The Centrality continued to vegetate until 130 ABY, when the resurgent Empire annexed the government.

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Legends of the Jedi: Burning Bright by MPK

"Tell you what," he said at last. "I'll tell you a story about Malachor. You decide whether it explains it or not.

"It happened a very, very long time ago. The exact century has been lost to the ages, but it was around the time when we were pushing beyond the sector of our homeworld, scattering groups of ourselves to the far corners of the galaxy in search of great new planets to conquer and civilizations to battle.

"It was a truly great time, you see, because the leader of our people was personally directing one of these grand expeditions. He was called Mandalore the Visionary, and he's one the most shadowy and mysterious figures in our entire history. Some people don't even believe he ever existed. He-"

"Did he ever exist?" I asked anxiously. As much as I liked stories back then, I really wanted a straight-up answer from Dad this time.

"Shuddup for a minute, will ya? As far as the story's concerned, he existed!

"Well in any case, he was called Mandalore the Visionary because that's what he was. Now, as with any important figure from a time so long ago, there's as many different versions of him as there are ways to skin a cannok." I didn't and still don't have any idea what a cannok is. "But just about all of them – well, all the good ones, anyway – paint him as a man with one hell of an imagination... and great with words, too. He could give speeches as well as tell stories. Many of the legends even say he could see into the future.

"That helped a lot with telling stories, which was apparently one of his favorite things to do.

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